RHP

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Where do you belong?

September 06 2016

Are you there or has life taken you away from that place.? What is important to you about that place.? I am where I belong.I came here originally in 1997 and settled here in 2007. I am connected to my local community through friends ,work and family. Q

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  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I have had some major upheavals in my life in the last couple of years. I am at a crossroads in my life.....exciting on the one hand terrifying on the other. I am at a point in my life of finding myself for the first time - I feel like a cliche at times! I am making new friends and discovering new hobbies. I have booked my first overseas trip ever for next year and am beyond excited! The only place I really feel like I belong at the moment is when I spend time in nature.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    but I have gained vast and valuable first hand life experience. Over many years I have sacrificed freedom, happiness and health at the behest of others, including a sham of a marriage and some dodgy employers and their practices. I am now engaged in a carefully measured process of rebuilding. I am acutely aware of many of the pitfalls that may be encountered, and I am plotting an avoidance course. Along the way (as I have done in some of the threads of this forum), I have shared some of my own experiences in hope that others may also avoid some of the unnecessary difficulty and grief that might be encountered by the unwary. I know some here do not appreciate my contributions to the forum. So be it. My own conscience is clear. As I've aged and matured, I have at least become more honest with myself than many others I meet. I still don't know Art, but I think I know what I like. I have been learning to recognise better what I do not like.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    I may love my ute, but I love the city and tend to feel more alive when I'm in Melbourne. It's one of the reasons I visit Melbourne so much. What I love about Melbourne is the opportunities (shopping, entertainment, public transport and jobs) where the opportunities are so few here in rural remote areas. I love the way the buildings light up at night. I love the fast pace. I also feel there's a piece of my missing as I've never been to Italy and my upbringing has matched the Italian culture. I'm hoping to head over there in about 3 years to meet family I've never met and will hopefully feel that I've connected with that missing piece of me.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    know when I find it!

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    no , I like being near the water but life at the moment means I cannot be.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    I would have to say that no I'm not where I belong. I don't know where that is but the personal growth I have had over the past 5-6 years has made me look at things in a very different way and realise I no longer fit in the life I have lived for a very long time. Scary and exciting at the same time :) xx - Posted from rhpmobile

  • couplefairride

    couplefairride

    9 years ago

    Home is where the heart is. Well for me anyway. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    ..or over a sexy penis. 😂😂😂 Just sayin. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    ..bare foot, in the kitchen and bent over a bench. 😂 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    No doubt about the sense of belonging here Q. Nothing like having a space to bend over backwards in the kitchen and walk around barefoot in complete comfort. And the benefits are to live for. Peachy

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    We have been backpacking since '88. We are most comfortable with foreign accents, chaotic cities, different faces and cultures. We have always been attracted to the adventurous side of life. We went backpacking with our first son when he was 9 months old, and our second son was only 5 yrs old. Our life has afforded us the luxury of seeking adventure as opposed to taking us away from it. So we belong on the backpacking trail seeing new horizons, eating new food, experiencing new cultures. Mrs S is amazing because she can in parts converse in Thai, Italian, French, and Cambodian. Our children have had the most wonderful upbringing because they have been part of the world and not viewing it through a TV. Our oldest son is onto his 3rd passport and can walk into any airport to line up for a VOA. If Mrs S was to pick a place it would be Cambodia, my place is still unknown........but Pai in northern Thailand comes very close to ideal. We hate the parochial and love diversity because its magical

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    along as I'm bent over a bench, I don't care where the bench is although i do still fantasise about living in Italy or Greece, or one of the European countries where all the horny guys live. All about sex, I'd move anywhere for the right guy so long as he wasn't the 'only' guy

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    I can't answer it without further thought.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Until I came here twenty years ago that I realised that here was indeed home. I always thought of myself as a gypsy having lived in many towns,two states ,and another country.I didn't think that I would find a place where I feel I belong Q

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    I don't know, haven't found it yet. Much like PhoenixGirl I'm at a bit of a crossroads and still working out this whole life thing...

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    From Victoria to Brisbane. It will be a working sea change and I hope I find my place in Brissie ... Mary xx

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Where I am in life right now. I'm single and love it, have my own home in a great spot, great friends and a good job.... Most of all I'm happy with me, I like who I am and that makes me comfortable. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Where I am in life right now. I'm single and love it, have my own home in a great spot, great friends and a good job.... Most of all I'm happy with me, I like who I am and that makes me comfortable. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Where I am in life right now. I'm single and love it, have my own home in a great spot, great friends and a good job.... Most of all I'm happy with me, I like who I am and that makes me comfortable. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Sorry about the multiple, I'm away on holidays and its soooo slow, pressed reply a few too many times - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    I always thought where I belonged was a physical 'place', I could never find it no matter where I traveled. But in the past two years I've realised 'belonging' is a feeling, not something physical. I found that feeling in the act of loving another. Mind, heart and soul. I belong in the love of my partner, friends and family. I'll never put down roots, I'm always on the move, excited to feel every feeling live has to offer.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    🙊🙊

  • Tall74nHard9

    Tall74nHard9

    9 years ago

    belong here today, or there tomorrow ?Don't know, for I'm forever living and learning.May have been there before, and maybe not at present.Hoping to find it in the future. Living and learning.

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    pick me

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Quoting 'inspirit' ..bare foot, in the kitchen and bent over a bench. 😂 - Posted from rhpmobile pick me again........

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Quoting 'Summersolstice' Moved here 13 years ago from a place I never felt I belonged. Wouldn't mind a better house in an even better area of the city (come on Powerball), but I'm very much content with where I am now. Not just talking about location either, I've come a long way to feel I belong with myself. Good on you, I think we all need to feel content mentally before we can really settle down and then create and mould the life we want. If we can be comfortable with our own company then becoming more socially active becomes easier through confidence

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    Quoting 'misskez' Where I am in life right now. I'm single and love it, have my own home in a great spot, great friends and a good job.... Most of all I'm happy with me, I like who I am and that makes me comfortable. - Posted from rhpmobile you hit the nail on the head, be happy and confident with yourself first and things become so much easier. Like you I live on my own now and am far happier now and even though my youngest doesn't live with me permanently, when he stays he can see how much happier I am and that is reflected in our relationship as he is happier because of it

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    ... is the best of both my favourite worlds. ... with the occasional adventure to Scotland or Iceland tossed in ;) I'm a Celt in my dna obviously - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    In hell lmfao Just waiting for the AVO against me to expire so I can take back my throne from that pussy cunt Satan!!!! I'M COMIN FOR YA BITCH!!!! - Posted from rhpmobile

  • Tall74nHard9

    Tall74nHard9

    9 years ago

    Quoting 'Stirry' In hell lmfao Just waiting for the AVO against me to expire so I can take back my throne from that pussy cunt Satan!!!! I'M COMIN FOR YA BITCH!!!! - Posted from rhpmobile So how many more thousands of years do ya gotta wait ?

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    In bed with Jamie from Outlander in the 18th century. God that man is one sexy beast in a sexy role. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

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    9 years ago

    ...I'm definitely not there yet. I don't know where there is yet, but I feel quite confident I'm not there. I've made here comfortable and homely, but I know it's not the end of the line. I'm even making some conscious efforts to keep it temporary these days, so that tells me something.I don't feel attachment to here, despite that I like it...which is good...I'm quite open to moving anywhere if it's justified. I've mostly been single, and it's been easier to feel less attachment to homes and places when I have been.I think...when I'm alone...I carry home with me.